It would be an invaluable tool to be able to allocate a DMX channel to a preset overide per machine; using the built in presets to be able to preprogram files and layers as well as whatever else you touch to make the preset and name them or order them in a logical breakdown. The untouched parameters would default to the board operator. I See the preset trigger but the following added functionality would be invaluable.
This would be especially useful for content artists that make custom content for shows to be operated by various operators. Especially, if you aren't onsite when the content is to be executed. It would also make things much easier for Video Operators who aren't used to programming video via lighting consoles, all they would need to do is order the presets like they do in Profile. The functionality is there already, you would need to attach a channel to it and make sure that the null data responded to the operator input such as aspect ratio and resize, etc...
Much of the time, content comes in the day of the rehearsal or even just before rehearsal from the content designers, Graphics department, and other various sources. It would be so convenient to be able to preprogram the correct files to be played back in the correct screens and the correct order by the Art department or the Content designer so that even if the content comes in last minute, as long as it is numbered correctly, it will respond in the right spots.
This would be especially useful on shows with over 16 outputs and even more submixes.
This would be an option that would get a lot of use. If you were somehow able to feed back the MSC or midi notes messages into the console, the console would automatically set the files in place on the right layers. There would be no need to overide the overide if you did it like this because the console would already select the folders and files via midi using the preset overide channel in the first place.
Wow, I and a lot of other people I know could really use this feature to make life easier for all parties involved.
Cheers,
Christian Choi
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